272 283 considerations both practical and moral,
and when it is imperative promptly
to act. The greater the fog the more
it imperils the ^ steamer ship , and speed is
put on tho' at the hazard of running
somebody down. Little ween
47 the snug card-players in the cabin
of the responsibilities of the sleepless
man on the bridge."
In brief, the Billy Budd
was formally convicted and
sentenced to be hung at the yard-arm
in the early morning-watch, it being
now night. Otherwise, as is customary
in such cases, the sentence would
forthwith have been carried carried
out. In war-time on the field
272 283 considerations both practical and moral,
and when it is imperative promptly
to act. The greater the fog the more
it imperils the ^ steamer ship , and speed is
put on tho' at the hazard of running
somebody down. Little ween
47 the snug card-players in the cabin
of the responsibilities of the sleepless
man on the bridge."
In brief, the Billy Budd
was formally convicted and
sentenced to be hung at the yard-arm
in the early morning-watch, it being
now night. Otherwise, as is customary
in such cases, the sentence would
forthwith have been carried carried
out. In war-time on the field

Transcribed by: John Bryant